Walking stick



Sept. 29, 1936. P. MARINACCI WALKING STICK Filed July 24, 1955 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 29, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALKING STICK Pasquale Marinacci, Syracuse, N. Y.

Application July 24, 1935, Serial No. 32,921

4 Claims. (01. 135-47) This invention has for its object an amusement In operation, when the stick is thrust against device in the form of acane, or walking stick, havthe ground and pressure applied, by the hand ing a sound producing instrument embodied in holding the handle, to the exposed part of the the handle of the cane, and operating means also bulb, air will be forced through the reed or other 5 embodied in the handle to form a part thereof, instrument and sound produced. 5 and located as to operate the sound producing The cane is intended primarily for an amusedevice, when the pressure of the hand is applied ment device during gala occasions but obviously to the handle, when the lower end of the stick is may be used for more dignified purposes, as a thrust against the ground. walking stick for the infirm, the lame, and the The invention consists in the novel features blind, togive warning. 10

and in the combinations and constructions here- What I claim is: inafter set forth and claimed. 1. A walking stick having a handle having a In describing this invention, reference is had sound producing device therein and a compressito the accompanying drawing which is an elevable portion which, when compressed, operates said tion, partly broken away, of a cane or walking device, said compressible portion being located at 15 stick embodying my invention, the upper side of the handle whereby it is com- The walking stick comprises a shank or stick pressed y h p e f e hand when the lowand a, handle having a, Sound producing d i er end of the stick is thrust against the ground. therein and a compressible portion, which, when A Walking Stick and the like having a hancompressed, operates the device to produce a die and a sound producing device embodied in the 20 sound, the compressible portion being located at handle, the handle including a compressible porthe pp $1616 of the handle 50 that it may be tion movable relatively to the stick and operable compressed by the hand, when the lower end is to operate the sound producing device in the thrust against the ground or other firm abut handle upon relative movement of the handle ment' and the stick 25 The handle eferabl c s h Dr Y 0mm es 3. A walking stick and the like having a handle a d the ex osed bulb orti t n p p on ex endmg mm the portion compressible relatively to the stick by body and having a reed or other sound roducin device in the outlet or the neck there)? g thrusting of the stick against a solid body and designates the shank or stick; 2 the hollow applymg Pressurem the handle and smmd body of a handle suitably joined, secured or fitted ducmg device self'contamed with the handle to the upper end of the stick. 3 is a compressible and operable by Such pressure on the handle bulb of rubber or other resilient material extending into the body 2 and having a rounding, dome- A walking Stick inc1udi ng hFmdle and a shaped, or hemispherical portion 4 extending self'contamed sound Producmg devlce: the 35 beyond t Outer end of t d dle having a compressible and resilient portion 5 is a reed in the outlet or neck of the bulb operable to op a e the so produc device within the body. 6 is a sound passage having one upon compressing of the handle relatively to the or more outlets I to the outer air at the base of stick. 40 the knob. PASQUALE MARINACCI. 40 

